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>> martha raddatz with us again tonight. martha, our thanks to you. >>> and now to egypt this evening, where it's been hard to keep track of which leaders are jailed, which ones have been set free. tonight, the first glimpse of former egyptian president hosni mubarak since he was released last week. mubarak arriving by helicopter for a court appearance this sunday. this is now his retrial for the killing of protesters during the arab spring. inside, he sat in a wheelchair in the defendant's cage, wearing dark sunglasses there. last week, we showed you mubarak being freed after the current president, mohamed morsi, was jailed instead. >>> to another case overseas involving american college student amanda knox, who now says she will not be attending the second trial in her case in italy. her lawyers have confirmed that she will not got back for the proceedings. knox is being tried again for the murder of her roommate back in 2007. she spent four years in prison for that crime before he conviction was overturned. her lawyers wi
>> martha raddatz with us again tonight. martha, our thanks to you. >>> and now to egypt this evening, where it's been hard to keep track of which leaders are jailed, which ones have been set free. tonight, the first glimpse of former egyptian president hosni mubarak since he was released last week. mubarak arriving by helicopter for a court appearance this sunday. this is now his retrial for the killing of protesters during the arab spring. inside, he sat in a wheelchair in the...
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david. >> martha raddatz leading off. thank you. one more note on this tonight. the white house revealing the president did speak with british prime minister david cameron today. the subject was syria and possible responses by the international community to the use of chemical weapons. and we should point out tonight martha will anchor ab's chris week from the region first thing tomorrow morning. we move on tonight to the other urgent headline here, the wild fire now spreading in yosemite national park. a state of emergency now for san francisco, their water comes from yosemite. tonight our team inside the park, the fire almost completely out of control. thousands of families alert, their homes threatened, stunned by the speed of the fire. and look at this tonight. the view from space. the wild fires so big, the smoke clearly visible there. tonight we ask abc's neil karlinsky how close the fire is to some of the most famous sites inside yosemite. >> reporter: good evening. from the edge of this angry fire, here's a flare up from the last ten minutes or so. we're
david. >> martha raddatz leading off. thank you. one more note on this tonight. the white house revealing the president did speak with british prime minister david cameron today. the subject was syria and possible responses by the international community to the use of chemical weapons. and we should point out tonight martha will anchor ab's chris week from the region first thing tomorrow morning. we move on tonight to the other urgent headline here, the wild fire now spreading in yosemite...
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martha? >> reporter: david, it appears tonight that the u.s. is closer to taking military action in syria than ever before, with strong words from u.s. officials today and warships at the ready. navy destroyers and submarines now in the mediterranean sea could launch cruise missiles into syria whenever ordered, targeting syrian regime command and control heldquarters, airfields or aircraft that might be used to carry chemical weapons. another option -- u.s. fighter jets launching weapons from outside syrian air space. >> the syrians have created this sanctuary, where their surface to air missiles. >> reporter: images of the suspected chemical attack have outraged the world. men, women and children killed in the most or the riffic way. president obama says he will not intervene until the attack is verified, but administration officials tonight are saying there is a strong suspicion that the assad regime launched the attack, adding that the rebels do not even have the kind of rockets in which the chemicals were believed to have be delivered. toda
martha? >> reporter: david, it appears tonight that the u.s. is closer to taking military action in syria than ever before, with strong words from u.s. officials today and warships at the ready. navy destroyers and submarines now in the mediterranean sea could launch cruise missiles into syria whenever ordered, targeting syrian regime command and control heldquarters, airfields or aircraft that might be used to carry chemical weapons. another option -- u.s. fighter jets launching weapons...
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martha when we see the size and scope of the u.s. response both here at home and yeo seas, what should that tell us about the seriousness of this threat? >> well, dan, it's a very real threat for overseas. what is picked up on electronic intercepts is from known enemies who pose credible danger. but closing so many embassies is clearly in reaction to what happened in benghazi. the u.s. is not taking any chances, and that is really what is happening domestically as well. they are being more vigilant because we don't know what we don't know. >> not taking chances at home or abroad. many of us assume after the killing of osama bin laden, that al qaeda, their strength is vastly diminished. is this a wake-up call in that front? >> well, in some ways, it is. they are all over that region but yemen has become the hot bed. there were three drone strikes there just last week and that tells you something. >> you spent a lot of time in yemen and all of the countries in that region. when you see the embassies there, are they secure? >> no matter
martha when we see the size and scope of the u.s. response both here at home and yeo seas, what should that tell us about the seriousness of this threat? >> well, dan, it's a very real threat for overseas. what is picked up on electronic intercepts is from known enemies who pose credible danger. but closing so many embassies is clearly in reaction to what happened in benghazi. the u.s. is not taking any chances, and that is really what is happening domestically as well. they are being...
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abc's martha raddatz standing by in the region. yosemite on fire. our team inside the park tonight. how close are the flames to sites. a major city, that fire threatening power and water. remember the dream. tonight the march to washington 50 years after the reverend martin luther king made that dream first. how his "i have a dream" speech is being kept alive. and an american voice silenced. ♪ you're no good, baby you're no good ♪ >> singer linda rostadt revealed, the condition that has stolen her voice. >>> good evening, great to have you with us on a saturday night. we begin with that growing urgency over syria. american warships being repositioned, what is coming next? president obama in a rare white house meeting with his national security advisors today. this prompted the meeting. growing proof that chemical weapons might have been used to kill more than 1,000 in syria, among them so many children. tonight volunteers, doctors without borders, inside syria, treating patients. now revealing the symptoms they are treating. saying more than 3,000 patients were rushed in with wh
abc's martha raddatz standing by in the region. yosemite on fire. our team inside the park tonight. how close are the flames to sites. a major city, that fire threatening power and water. remember the dream. tonight the march to washington 50 years after the reverend martin luther king made that dream first. how his "i have a dream" speech is being kept alive. and an american voice silenced. ♪ you're no good, baby you're no good ♪ >> singer linda rostadt revealed, the...
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>> martha, thank you. and as we reported, the terror threat has prompted the closure of embassies and consulates across north africa and the arab world. the biggest mass closing since 9/11. abc's nick schifrin is at the center of those closures, in cai cairo, egypt, tonight. >> reporter: at embassy after embassy, buildings supposed to be open and busy, now fortresses. in yemen, the source of the threat, soldiers guard embassy walls, check cars and pat down visitors. in all, every single embassy or consulate in the arab world shut across 7,000 miles. some of them shut through the 10th. and tonight, four new countries added to the list. all in africa, none of them primarily muslim. the state department saying they'll be closed out of a, quote, abundance of caution. and in the middle of the map, egypt. in the last few years, the u.s. has spent billions to boost embassy security. in some places like here in cairo, increasing the distance between the building and the street. in other places, beefing up perimete
>> martha, thank you. and as we reported, the terror threat has prompted the closure of embassies and consulates across north africa and the arab world. the biggest mass closing since 9/11. abc's nick schifrin is at the center of those closures, in cai cairo, egypt, tonight. >> reporter: at embassy after embassy, buildings supposed to be open and busy, now fortresses. in yemen, the source of the threat, soldiers guard embassy walls, check cars and pat down visitors. in all, every...